Anglo-Saxons: non-chronological report
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds pupils' knowledge of non-chronological report writing from the Year 4 unit 'Anglerfish: non-chronological report'. Pupils again write using the structure of introduction, themed sections and conclusion; they also write using a range of formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to ensure their writing flows cohesively. This unit prepares pupils for more non-chronological report writing with increased sophistication of vocabulary choices in the Year 5 unit, 'The Aye-Aye or Wild cats: non-chronological report'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The Anglo-Saxons consisted of different groups of people originating from countries in Europe, who settled in Britain.
- The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform its reader about a particular topic.
- Non-chronological reports are a type of factual, non-fiction writing.
- Non-chronological reports are organised into paragraphs of related content, each with their own subheading.
- Non-chronological reports can contain visual information, commonly accompanied by a caption.
- Important grammatical and linguistic features of non-chronological reports include apostrophes for possession, subject-specific vocabulary, numerical facts and causal conjunctions.
- Nouns can be referred to in a range of ways to avoid repetition.
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds pupils' knowledge of non-chronological report writing from the Year 4 unit 'Anglerfish: non-chronological report'. Pupils again write using the structure of introduction, themed sections and conclusion; they also write using a range of formal and viewpoint fronted adverbials and subject-specific vocabulary to ensure their writing flows cohesively. This unit prepares pupils for more non-chronological report writing with increased sophistication of vocabulary choices in the Year 5 unit, 'The Aye-Aye or Wild cats: non-chronological report'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- The Anglo-Saxons consisted of different groups of people originating from countries in Europe, who settled in Britain.
- The purpose of a non-chronological report is to inform its reader about a particular topic.
- Non-chronological reports are a type of factual, non-fiction writing.
- Non-chronological reports are organised into paragraphs of related content, each with their own subheading.
- Non-chronological reports can contain visual information, commonly accompanied by a caption.
- Important grammatical and linguistic features of non-chronological reports include apostrophes for possession, subject-specific vocabulary, numerical facts and causal conjunctions.
- Nouns can be referred to in a range of ways to avoid repetition.
Reading, writing & oracy
Anglo-Saxons: non-chronological report
In this unit, pupils research the Anglo-Saxons' settlements and farming to write a non-chronological report about them. Pupils focus on writing with cohesion, using a range of fronted adverbials, subject-specific vocabulary and Year 4 level sentence structures. Finally, pupils present their reports.
10 lessons in unit
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